Ironing-board chair.



PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907.

M. J. RRRRRRT. IRONING BOARD CHAIR.

y.APPLIOA'ION FILED DEO. 9. 1905.

l guna/woz; 2 917W MM @5w ,f Y

` Witnesses /R/Q-A MARGARET I. HERBERT, QF KINGSTON, NEW YORK.

IRON IN G-B OARD CHAIR.

N 0. 862,970. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 9, 1905.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907. Serial No. 291,151.

'o all whom it may concern: when in use as an ironing board, and beingprovided Be it known that I, MARGARET J. HERBERT, a citizen upon oneside With a hinged brace 12 secured to the 55 ol the United States,residing at Kingston, in the county member 10, as by one or more hinges13, it is adapted, of Ulster and State of New York, have inventedcerbymeans ofaswingingmovement through thi ee quarters tain new anduseful Improvements in Ironing-Board 0f il Complete leVOluIOIl, t0 p1event lts smooth iaCe 14 Chairs, of which the following is aspecication, in either of two positions, the vertical and the hori- Theobject oi nry invention is to produce a combizontal, wherein it may beutilized to advantage. The nation chair and ironing board adaptedequally well vertical position is shown in Fig. I, in which its smoothto serve the purpose of either a chairor an ironing` surface 14 affordsa comfortable back to the device as a board, and in which, when used forthe one purpose or Cha-ir. The horizontal position is shown in Fig. lll,the other, its convertibility in no wise detracts from wherein thesmooth surface 14 is presented in dispoits availability and utility forthe purpose to which, sition available for an ironing board.. ln thelatter for the time boing, it is applied. position the brace 12 Comesinto functional play, in What constitutes my invention will behereinafter ser ving t0 support the member 10 in horizontal positionspecified in detail and succinctly set forth in the ap- To that end itis adapted to engage as to its end 15, a pended claims. socket 16 in asocket-rail 17 extending between and ln the accompanying drawings,Figure I is a perseemed to the members 7 and 8 A suitable securing 70spective View of my device adapted for use as a chair7 mechanism,piefeiably a hook or catch 18 serves by the ironing board being disposedoi out of the way and engagement with an engaging member, as an eyeletpresenting itself in the iorm oi a smooth high back to 19 in theSOCket-lil 17 130 hold the end l5 Oi the brace the chair. Fig. Il is avertical substantially medial l2 snugly in engagement with the socket16. The saine section oi the subject matter of Fig. I, illustrating thehook may be Conveniently utilized, through engagerelationship anddisposition of the device in the adment With an engaging member, as forexample an eyejustment of its parts shown in Fig. I. Fig. III is a sidelet 20, 111 the lOLCl Ol lJOttOlIl Of the llembel l0 t0 C011- elevation,partially 1n section showing in iull lines the 511 the blaCe l2 Out 0fthe Way against the member l0 device converted into a rim andsubstantial rionrn0 When IlOt required in use, as shown in Fig. II.board having' a medially disposed base for its support. In use, mydevice, iIl the fOlm Of'tdjUS-mell 0f S 80 In this figur-e dotted linesare employed to illustrate parts Shown in Fig. I,constitutesaconvenient, servicethe position of the swinging membermidway between able 21nd by 110 means unsightly kitchen utensil, whichthat position which it occupies as an ironing board as aS Often 21s maybe required, may, by the simple swingshown in Fig. IH, and that positionwhich it occupies ing 0i the member 10 into position shown in Fig. IIIas a chair back, as shown in Fig. I, and adjustment into place of thebrace 12, become Referring to the numerals on the drawings7 l indicatesa perfectly designed ironing board witlrbase attached. a four sidedframe which, being provided with four legs An lmportant feature of myInvention: m this comme@ 2y may Selfve as L base in either of the twouses to which tion, is to be found in the medial disposition ofthe baseit is applicable. To thsgbase is applied a top 37 which with respect tothe ironing board which it supports, Serves as the seat of the Chairwhen the device is em By reason of this disposition tilting of the boardin use ployed as Such, and whichy being preferably hinggd7 is obviated,and the ends of the board are presented as indicated at 4; to a memberConnected with the frame clear of all obstructions of any sort beneaththem, which 1J Convemently selvas as a 15d to a bo, 5 which may be isan. important and readily recognizable feature in convenientlyconstructed within the frame 1 for the Practlce' accommodation ofHat-irons or other articles of that Wha't daim isi* 95 kncL 1. Thecombination with a base provided with a seat, lateral supports, and anintermediate socket-rail, of a The rear ptir Of legs 2, are elongatedupwardly iIltO swinging member pivoted between the lateral supper ts asSupportlng members 7 and 8, between Which is strongly specied and abrace thereon adapted to be secured to said hinged7 as upon Studs 9Iprolecting though the Scud member or to engage a socket with which thesocket-rail is 100 provided, as required by occasion. members 7 andSrespectively, near their upper part, a 2. The Combination Wlth a baseprovided Wah a Sent swlngmg member 10- The SWIlgIlg member l0 lS andlateral supper is, of a swinging member pivoted bepreferably of theusual shape of an noning board and of tween the lfel d1 Supiwlts andadapted to make th1eedlmenslons to accommodate 1t to the pelfolman ofquarters of .i revolution from a vertical to a horizontal 105 position,and conti'ariwise, to the back of the swinging adapted to be secured tothe ports.

the functions of an ironing board. Being pivoted between the members 7and 8 at a suitable distance from its broader end to advantageouslydistribute its weight The combination with n base provided with a 'seatund lateral supports, of :i swinging member pivoted between the lateraisupports. as Specified, a brace hinged at one end to the back of theswinging member, securing mechanism upon the free end of said brace, anengaging member for said securing mechanism on the back of the swingingmember, und a corresponding engaging member upon the buse, said securingmechanism and engaging members, respectively, coperating to xedly securethe brace to the swinging member or to the base s required 10 byoccasion.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

MARGARET J. HERBERT.

Witnesses:

.Ti M. HERBERT, J. F. HERBERT.

